ACC finds transactions of Tk 1.13bn in Nowfel’s 41 bank accounts

The anti-graft watchdog charges him for amassing wealth worth Tk 30 billion illegally

The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has found that former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel and the entities associated with him deposited over Tk 1.13 billion and withdrew Tk 973 million from a total of 41 accounts of different banks.

A case initiated against him by the ACC on Tuesday for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 30 million highlighted these "suspicious” transactions, the commission’s Director General (Prevention) Akhtar Hossain said.

ACC Deputy Director Kamalesh Mandal started the lawsuit at the agency’s Integrated District Office in Dhaka.

The anti-graft watchdog said Nowfel had declared movable and immovable assets worth Tk 54.4 million in his income tax documents.

Of them, the information on assets worth Tk 29.4 million was not found. A case has been registered against him for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.

On the other hand, it has been decided to issue a wealth statement notice against his wife Emma Clare Burton as “evidence has been found” against her for acquiring wealth worth Tk 8.4 million, the commission said.

There has been no trace of Nowfel since the fall of the Awami League government in the July-August mass uprising. He has also been accused in a murder case surrounding the movement.